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THE ITCH LIST

ONE DAY YOUR LIFE WILL FLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES, MAKE SURE IT’S WORTH WATCHING!

Send myself a post card from at least one country in each continent!

Write travel stories and adventures from every state in India.

Live in Latin America at least for an year! The Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, Mariachis, football, Tango, chilaquiles, frijoles, Patagonia! Phew, this is where I want to be!

Travel across the four dream routes,
across the Silk Route from China to Turkey,
brave the wild ride of Pamir Highway from Osh in Kyrgyzstan to Dushanbe in Tajikistan,
Trans Siberia from Russia to China across Mongolia, and
a Pan Americas sojourn, Alaska to Argentina, or may be the Che Guevara style!

Drive a vintage convertible on the streets of Bangalore.

Be fluent in Spanish, fluent enough to ask her out in Spanish. cenar conmigo? 😉

Learn to Salsa, at least enough to do the date dance!

Count the colors in an Aurora Borealis display!

Go to Masai Mara during the great migration and tell the wild beasts to not jump across that river with crocodiles.

Marvel at the once in 12 years bloom of Neelakurinji flowers in Munnar in Jun-Sep 2018.

Selfie with Sachin Tendulkar. Add Deepika Padukone too!

Get a backpack customized with the flags of countries that I have visited stitched onto them.

Wonder at the mist in Meesapulimala, manj peyyunnadh kandittundo?!

Teach Geography in a school for the love of maps, preferably in a rural school!

Go to the airport and take a random flight!

Drive/ Ride along the highest motorable road in the world, Khardung-La.

Go to Spain! Go to Spain! Go to Spain!

Surf a wave, at least for a decent distance!

Donate all organs that I possibly can, including stem cell.

Take a bartending/ cocktail making class.

Marvel at the impossibly exotic blue bioluminescence display on beaches of Maldives!

Work actively for a NGO.

Learn to play any one musical instrument.

Inspire at least one person with my travels.

This one will be the last one literally for a reason, because I am not sure if I would survive one for my extreme fear of heights, SKYDIVE!

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2016

YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO SET A NEW GOAL; ALL YOU NEED IS A DREAM

Go on a bike ride along the west coast of India; from Rann of Kutch curving Dwarka to Kanyakumari via Mangalore. POST COMING SOON!

Go to the turtle walk in Chennai/ Velas.

Visit at least one North Eastern state of India. POST COMING SOON!

Watch and cheer the buffaloes at one of the Kambalas.

Make a trip to the temples of Tamilnadu.

Get inked; of course a travel themed tattoo!

Inject extra patriotism at Wagah border.

See to believe the sunrise and sunset at Rann of Kutch.

Go snorkeling, doesn’t matter where! If in Great Barrier Reef, let it be!

Visit the Sacred Groves Of Mawphlang, Meghalaya. POST COMING SOON!

Witness the sea retreat over few kilometers at Chandipore beach.

Bow to the Ganga aarti at Varanasi!

Volunteer in Matrimandir, Pondicherry.

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2014

OWN IT, LIVE IT, AND FOLLOW THAT PULL IN YOUR HEART, EVEN IF IT LEADS YOU INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT DIFFERENT TIMES! THIS IS YOUR LIFE!

Turn red in La Tomatina!

Witness the running of bulls in Pamplona DIDN’T JUST WATCH, I RAN & SURVIVED!

Experience the madness of a bull fight.

Visit the St. Peter’s square, Vatican and receive Pope’s blessings from his balcony.

Drive across the picturesque Amalfi coast in Italy.

Visit the concentration camps in Dachau or anywhere in Germany.

Climb up the Eiffel Tower and take in the view of Paris.

Get sloshed at the Oktoberfest in Munich.

Watch a game of football in one of the European club homes.

Drive on the Autobahn, to the maximum limit speed that I can safely reach!

Smirk on the streets of red light area in Amsterdam.

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2013

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it,” wrote British Arabist Freya Stark in Baghdad Sketches.

As the year 2012 passes off in a whizz, 2013 is all set to greet us and my destiny has chosen me to awaken quiet alone in a far away land. I am surrounded by such wonders that I am spoilt for choice! So here goes my personal list to be fulfilled in this wonderful land!

Get clicked on a Double Decker bus, red phone booth and by the underground sign in London.

Of course, the Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, Buckingham and all of London’s hot spots including the Tube ride.

love your list and wish you all the best in completing it with joy and gratitude. I also thank you for “liking” one of my blog posts…and wondering how you found your way to my India Journal Blog (http://janesindiajournals.wordpress.com) in the first place? I like this site and will check back now and then to see how you are doing/. Once again, good luck to you and enjoy each moment of your journey. 🙂

Hey Jane, thanks for dropping in! I was Blog-surfing as usual and some links led me into your old blog which redirected to ur newer one! I was particularly looking for blogs on travel in India as I am planning for a big move this year and soon noticed your link ‘India 2009-2011’ 🙂
Thanks for the wishes! See ya around! 🙂

enjoy enjoy enjoy!! To my great dismay I am NOT in India this year as you can see from my blog, and can honestly say I am jealous …I have two other blogs on India going back to 2001 with alot more travel stories, but you seem to have your journey well mapped out (although this usually changes in India…and always for the best from my experience. You are welcome to check out my other blogs as well.

Thanks a lot, Jessica 🙂 yea, someday I hope to take that random flight!
and by the way, welcome to the Trippin’ and to the Incredible India 🙂 should u need any information feel free to ask me! 🙂
Bon Voyage!

hi there, i stumbled upon your site while searching for some offbeat paths for a monsoon crazy trip involving doodhsagar and goa 😉 found ur route map very useful and decided to checkout the webpage. must say I am deeply impressed, especially by the bucket, ahem container list. I recall I had a few such things last year, but sort of stopped tracking em so passionately, and I instead did things before putting em into the bucket list 😀 time to get back on track.. u got a new follower 😀

i might get in touch with you for insider tips for trips in case we hit a wall, hope u can lend a few 😉

Hi Vivek, thanks a lot for coming over and those nice words! 🙂
its nice to keep a track of the crazy stuff you do over the year, isnt it? I believe the bucket,err container list inspires me a lot 🙂
thanks for following my blog and of course, I am always up for spoiling people, luring them to go on much more trips 😉 😀
any info you need, feel free to give a shout! Happy Trippin’ 🙂